Detroit - Pontiac

On February 23, 1975 at 07:53 PM, Detroit - Pontiac experienced a crash involving Rockwell Sabreliner 75, operated by General Motors Company - GMC, with the event recorded near Pontiac-Oakland County Michigan.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The approach to Pontiac-Oakland County Airport was initiated by night and poor weather conditions. On final, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the aircraft struck trees and crashed in flames about four miles short of runway. The copilot was killed while the captain was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N5107, MSN 380-8, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.6389°, -83.2910°.